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Adam Satariano / New York Times:

The EU says that TikTok's “addictive design” is illegal under the DSA, citing the app's infinite scroll and recommendation algorithm, in preliminary findings — European Union regulators said the app's infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children.

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Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to, @AliceStollmeyer …, and @HennaVirkkunen@ec …

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple plans to allow third-party voice-controlled AI chatbots in CarPlay within the coming months; it won't let users replace CarPlay's Siri button — Apple Inc. is preparing to allow voice-controlled artificial intelligence apps from other companies in CarPlay …

More: TechCrunch, MacRumors, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, The Verge, Tech in Asia, Reuters, The Mac Observer, Digital Trends, iClarified, Android Headlines, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada, AppleInsider, and MacTech.com

X: @davezatz, @drbarnard, @ranimolla, @markgurman, and @theroberthu

Forums: r/apple and MacRumors Forums

Emily Herbert / Financial Times:

US tech stocks and bitcoin rally after three days of selling; Nasdaq Composite closed up 2.18%, Broadcom 7.22%, Strategy 26.11%, and bitcoin rebounded to ~$70K — Nasdaq climbs after sell-off fuelled by worries over vast AI spending — US technology stocks and bitcoin rallied strongly …

More: CNBC, New York Times, Mashable, NBC News, CNN, and Futurism

Natalie Lung / Bloomberg:

Waymo says it is using DeepMind's Genie 3 to create realistic digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios — Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo said it is using DeepMind's Genie 3 AI model to create realistic, digital worlds for its autonomous driving technology to train on edge-case scenarios.

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X: @keerthanpg, @demishassabis, @briancchao, @jeffdean, @tkipf, @waymo, @jonstephens85, @googledeepmind, and @dmitri_dolgov

LinkedIn: Bo Sun, Harish Chandran, and Dragomir Anguelov

Nitin T Bhat / Heroku:

Heroku says it is transitioning to a “sustaining engineering model”, as it focuses on “helping organizations build and deploy enterprise-grade AI” — Today, Heroku is transitioning to a sustaining engineering model focused on stability, security, reliability, and support.

More: Simon Willison's Weblog, SiliconANGLE, and Salesforce Ben

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Forums: r/webdev, r/ruby, r/rails, Lobsters, and Slashdot

Wall Street Journal:

Palmer Luckey's Erebor becomes the first newly created bank to receive a national charter under the second Trump administration, launching with $635M in capital — Erebor founder Palmer Luckey was one of the tech industry's early Trump supporters and is known for his penchant for Hawaiian shirts

More: The Information and Reuters

X: @jmj, @a16zcrypto, @mrgoldbro, @lux_capital, @xethalis, and @thenewsham. LinkedIn: Weston Moyer

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:

Crypto.com co-founder Kris Marszalek buys the domain AI.com for $70M, the highest disclosed price for a domain name, as he plans a site offering an AI agent — Kris Marszalek plans to launch new site with a Super Bowl ad this weekend — The founder of cryptocurrency trading site Crypto.com …

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X: @alexeheath, @goltra, @kris, @big_duca, @kris, and @tim

LinkedIn: John Mauriello, Matt David, and Eric Anziani. Bluesky: @davidavid. Forums: Slashdot

Doug O'Laughlin / SemiAnalysis:

Analysis: Claude Code currently authors 4% of all public GitHub commits and is on track to cross 20% of all daily commits by the end of 2026 — What It Is, How We Use It, Industry Repercussions, Microsoft's Dilemma, Why Anthropic Is Winning — Doug O'Laughlin, Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros, Jordan Nanos, and 2 others

More: Fast Company. X: @dylan522p, @_sholtodouglas, @bricked_trades, @erikbryn, @kevinroose, @tszzl, @gilgnyc, @dkthomp, @scaling01, @semianalysis_, @jakehalloran1, @rauchg, @sarthakgh, @stevesi, and @binarybits. LinkedIn: Yael Barsheshet. Bluesky: @jayhawkjeff

Wall Street Journal:

A civil subpoena shows the US DOJ is investigating Netflix for potential anticompetitive tactics as DOJ probes the company's proposed acquisition of WBD — As it probes bids for Warner, the department is asking if the streamer has engaged in conduct that could make it a monopoly

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X: @richlightshed, @richlightshed, @zerohedge, @jtoonkel, and @eriqgardner. Bluesky: @karlbode.com

Forums: r/boxoffice and r/MediaMergers

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Molly Taft / Wired:

New York lawmakers propose a bill to impose a three-year moratorium on data center development, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce such legislation — Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices.

More: Democrat And Chronicle, Spectrum News 1 Central NY, NYSenate.gov, WCDC-TV, MLive.com, Politico, and Bisnow

X: @pat_hedger, @deanwball, @miles_brundage, and @mollytaft

Forums: r/newyorkcity and r/nyc

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:

Spotify rolls out About the Song, swipeable stories in English, summarized from third-party sources to highlight song details, in beta for Premium users — Spotify is rolling out a new “About the Song” feature that lets users explore the stories behind the music they're listening to, the company announced on Friday.

More: Spotify, CNET, MakeUseOf, Neowin, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, Android Central, Hypebot, Digital Trends, The Verge, Engadget, and Android Authority. LinkedIn: Yves Raimond

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:

Spotify changes Developer Mode to require a Premium subscription and reduces the cap on test users per app from 25 to five, to curb AI-aided or automated usage

More: Spotify for Developers

Hugh Son / CNBC:

Goldman Sachs says it has been working with Anthropic on AI agents to automate more roles at the bank, like trades, transactions, client vetting, and onboarding — Goldman Sachs has been working with the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic to create AI agents to automate a growing number …

More: Reuters, Capital Brief, Times of India, Fortune, Observer, The Tech Buzz, Crypto Briefing, Capacity, and WebProNews

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LinkedIn: Carolyn Leopold, Krishna Rao, Alena Fedorenko, and Peter Nolan

Bluesky: @carnage4life and @freestatefemale

Forums: r/technology, r/StockMarket, and r/singularity

Dominic Preston / The Verge:

Trump Mobile execs showcase the T1 Phone's new design and specs, and say the phones go through “final assembly” in Miami and full assembly in the US is a “goal” — I spoke to two Trump Mobile executives for an exclusive first look at what they say is the T1 Phone.

More: CNET and PCMag

Jon Keegan / Sherwood News:

Amazon, Google, and Microsoft reported a collective $1.1T backlog of cloud computing revenue in their latest quarterly earnings, including Microsoft's $625B — APPLE OF ANOTHER'S AI — 2H

More: Financial Times, Bloomberg, Business Standard, Techstrong.ai, Fortune, Barron's Online, Yahoo Finance, Silicon Republic, Bloomberg Law, WBUR, and Data Center Knowledge

Bluesky: @quinnypig.com and @handle.invalid. Forums: Slashdot

Reed Albergotti / Semafor:

Sources: OpenAI is working with G42 to build a ChatGPT version tuned for the UAE that accommodates local language, political outlook, and speech restrictions — The Scoop — Step Back — Reed's View — Know More — Notable — THE SCOOP — OpenAI is working with Abu Dhabi-based G42 …

More: Sherwood News. Bluesky: @caseynewton, @eleanor.lockhart.contact, @jamespmcleod.ca, and @harri

Reuters:

Sources: AI chip startup SambaNova is raising a $350M+ Series E led by Vista Equity Partners; Intel plans to invest $100M to $150M — Private equity firm Vista Equity Partners is leading a new funding round of over $350 million in artificial intelligence chip startup SambaNova Systems …

More: SiliconANGLE and The Asia Business Daily

CoinDesk:

Galaxy Digital stock jumps 17%+ after the company approved a share buyback program of up to $200M over the next 12 months — The repurchase plan follows a volatile earnings week and signals confidence in the firm's balance sheet. — What to know:

More: Galaxy Digital Inc., Benzinga, Cointelegraph, and The Crypto Times

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Edward Helmore / The Guardian:

AG Todd Blanche defends the White House ban on CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, saying access is “a privilege” and Trump is “sick and tired” of inaccurate reporting

Gene Maddaus / Variety:

Paramount and 12 state AGs defend their antitrust settlement after a judge held off on approving the settlement citing concerns raised by Senator Cory Booker

Jake Kanter / Deadline:

BBC Media Tech, responsible for services like iPlayer, announces £37M in savings, including cutting 110 staff, after delivering £42M of cuts earlier this year

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Kif Leswing / CNBC:

Nvidia stock closes up 7.92% after Jensen Huang said the tech industry's surging capex for AI infrastructure is justified, appropriate, and sustainable

More: CNBC Television on YouTube, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Crypto Briefing, and Newser

X: @stocksavvyshay, @yoemsri, @mattzeitlin, @jerrycap, and @threehatsinarow. Bluesky: @seldo.com

Forums: r/wallstreetbets, r/StockMarket, r/NvidiaStock, and r/NVDA_Stock

Bloomberg:

Sources: London-based 9fin, a data provider for debt markets, is in talks to raise as much as $150M at a pre-money valuation of $1B, about 20x its ARR of ~$50M

Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu:

Croatian-founded Daytona, which aims to build infrastructure for large-scale agent workloads, raised a $24M Series A led by FirstMark

More: FinSMEs, VC News Daily, and Pulse 2.0

Brian Faler / Politico:

Amazon's annual tax bill fell 87% YoY to $1.2B in 2025, as profits grew 45% to ~$90B, mostly due to GOP's depreciation breaks in the One Big Beautiful Bill

More: About Amazon, ITEP, Accounting Today, and Bloomberg Law

X: @pat_hedger. Bluesky: @carlquintanilla, @laurenmeidasa, @repcasar, and @bgrueskin

Forums: r/politics and Slashdot

Tamara Djurickovic / Tech.eu:

London-based Bound, an automated FX risk management platform, raised a $24.5M Series A led by AlbionVC as it seeks to expand across Europe

More: FinTech Global, EU-Startups, and UK Tech Investment News

Stephen Nellis / Reuters:

SIA: chip sales hit $791.7B in 2025, up 25.6% YoY, with advanced Nvidia, AMD, and Intel chips accounting for $301.9B, up 40%; SIA expects $1T in 2026 chip sales

More: Semiconductor Industry …, Bloomberg Law, Tom's Hardware, Techstrong IT, Mercury News, Mobile World Live, and Benzinga

Matthew Carey / Bloomberg Law:

How an appeal changed the way the USPTO assesses AI patents under the US Patent Act, signaling a shift toward more favorable treatment of AI and ML inventions

Annie Bang / Bloomberg:

AT&T launches amiGO Jr., a mid-tier Samsung-made smartphone for kids with parental controls on contacts, app access, screen time, and more, for $2.99 per month

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Anuj Behal / The Guardian:

Women in rural India report experiencing trauma from data annotation work, which requires them to review violent content and porn for global tech companies

LinkedIn: Denise Pang, Sasja Beslik, and Maree Crabbe

Bluesky: @okhuijsen.nl, @metacurity.com, @audhd-psychnp.com, @quendergeer, and @matthewcobb

Mastodon: @acdha@code4lib.social and @JulietEMcKenna@wandering.shop

Forums: Hacker News, r/BetterOffline, r/india, r/LudditeRenaissance, and r/technology

Reuters:

Sources: Intel and AMD have notified Chinese customers of supply shortages for server CPUs, with Intel warning of delivery lead times of up to six months

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Forums: r/intelstock and r/hardware

Cao Li / South China Morning Post:

Meituan agrees to buy Dingdong, a Chinese fresh grocery e-commerce company, for $717M in cash; Dingdong had 7M+ monthly transacting users as of September 2025

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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:

Filing: Zuckerberg considered changing how Meta studies social issues after a WSJ story about Instagram and teen mental health, noting Apple faces less scrutiny

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Wall Street Journal:

Inside the SpaceX-xAI $1.25T deal, the most valuable corporate tie-up in US history: sources: SpaceX had an orbital data center technical breakthrough last fall

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Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal:

Strategy reports Q4 net loss up 1,749% YoY to $12.4B, as BTC trades below the company's $76,052 average purchase price; MSTR is down ~60% over the past year

Alex Riehl / BetaKit:

YC adds Canada back to its accepted countries of incorporation list, saying the initial decision was due to its top Canadian companies reincorporating in the US

More: Business Insider, Y Combinator, Financial Post, The Logic, and Bloomberg

X: @ycombinator. LinkedIn: Eric Shuell, Kellen Voyer, and Alex Norman

Robert Hart / The Verge:

OpenAI launches Frontier, an AI agent management platform that provides shared context, onboarding, and permission boundaries, for “a limited set of customers”